Automobile record holder



E P BURNHAM AUTOMOBILE RacoRD HOLDER.

FILED'EC. 6, T919.

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Application ined December e, 1919. serial No. 342,992.

To all 'whom t may concern: I

Be it known that I, Enniunsn PALMER BURNHAM, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residino` at borough of Manhattan, city ot New Fbrk, in thecounty of New York and State oi New York, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Automobile- Record Holders, of which thefollowing is a specification.

It is often desirable for those whoown or .operate automobiles to keepan account of the cost of .the gasoline, oil, tires used and of therepairs and also to know the reading of the speedometer on 4certaindates to determine the mileage of the car at a certain date. A note bookcarried in the pocket or in the machine mig-ht serve the purpose but ithas been my experience that these note books get lost or mislaid at thevery time they` are needed. y

The object of this invention is the provision of an inexpensive, small.and compact automobile expense and record holder which is adapted to beattached to the dashboard or windshield in convenient place to haveentered thereon the expenses and other data connected with the operationor repair oit the automobile. y

Other and 'further objects will be apparent from the followingspecication.

An embodiment of the invention is illustra-ted in Jche accompanyingdrawings, forming part ot' this specification, in which,

Figure '1Y is a perspective view ot the dcvice- Figure 2 is a verticalcross-section of the device as illustrated in Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a side view of the device as illustrated in Figure 1;

Figure 4L is a sectional view taken on the line 4 4 vof Figure 3;

Figure 5 is a 't'ragmental view showing thc clamp for attaching therecord holder to the frame of thewindshield. 4 Y

Referring to the drawings, 10 designates the main body of the holderwhich is of dat tubular shaped construction. Thisv is illustrated insection in Figures 2 and 4.-. At the top and rear of the main body 10and integral therewith, is an extension 11, the function of which is tosupport the main body 10 when the holder is attached to the vdashboardby the screws 11, and to hold it in position for recording when soattached. 12 designates holes in the extension 11 for insertion ofscrews 11a, when the device is attached to a dashboard. 13 designates aclamp which is used when the device is attached to the windshield frame14. At the .trontof the main body portion is a cut-away portion 15 whichenablesA the record ot' expenses, and other data connected withautomobiles, to be placed on the recordsheet 16. T his record sheet ismounted to run within the tubular body portion 10 trema. roll 17 to a.roll 18. Ratchets 19 and 20 and pawls `21 Iand 22 respectively areconnected with the rolls 17 and 18 and prevent turning of the rolls inthe wrong direction. The springs 23 and 24; hold the pawls 21 and 22,respectively. in contact with. the ratchet wheels 19 and 20. Attached tothe roll 18 at the end, opposite the ratchet A20, is the knob 25 whichis used to wind the sheet from the roll17 onto the roll 18 and thusexpose a fresh portion of the sheet 16 at the cut-away .section 15 ofthe body portion.

At the top of the body portion 1() is a pencil. holder 26 within whichthe pencil is ykept in readiness for immediate use.

The manufacture of my preferred embodiment is very simple. The wholedevice would be stamped out of sheet metal. Then the sides 27 and bottom28 would be bent in place and the ends joined in any suitable manner asby solder. The lugs 17a and 17 b would be bent in position to supportthe roll 17 and in like manner the lugs 18L and 18h would be bent tosupport the roll 18. rlllhe thin tubular construction is particularlyadvantageous in that it provides a structure which is easily made, asabove stated, and also islight and provides protection to the paper.This latter fea-ture is essential since in an automiobil'e there isalways more or less wind which would render ineffective any devicehaving an unprotected sheet.

Then it is desiredv to make entries on the record sheet, it is onlynecessary to remove the pencil from the holder 26 and make such entriesas desired. l/Vhen it is desired to remove the used record trom the roll18, it is only necessary to raise the pawl 22, unwind the record :fromthe roll 18 and tear it ofi on the rear edge 30 of the body portion 10.The paper strip is then attached to the roll 18 by a suitable attachingmeans and the slack taken up by turning the knob 25.

The use of the clamp 13 is optional. VVheu the record holder is attachedto the dashboard, the cla-mp is first taken oi by removal of the screws31. When attached to the Windshield trarne lil', the clamp is used. Inthis case the extension. ll rests against that part of the frame belowthe attaching point but no screws-ll:L are necessary,

It will be seen from the abo-ve description that l have provided adevice for attachment to an automobile convenient to the operator-s seatso that records relating to the expenses or operation of ther-utonnobile can be quickly and conveniently made. lt isequally ciearthat with this device the p record can be neatly kept and is protectedfrom the wind and is available for reference Whenever desired.

Having described the invention what is claimed is f l. In a record stripholder, a flat' tubular body to receive a record strip and having aportion ot' one tace cut away to exhibit a section oi' the strip, and anextension disposed at an angle to said body :tor mounting the holderupon a support in an inclined position, the said body and extensionbeing `formed from asingle piece of sheet infaterial.

2.1113J record strip holder, a fiat tubular body adapted to receive arecord strip and having a portion of one face out away to exhibit asection of the strip, lugs attached to said Vbody,an extension disposedat an angle to said body for mounting the holder uponasupport in aninclined position, said body, lugs and extension being formed from asingle piece of sheet material, a stripholdin g and moving means mountedin said lugs.

3. In a record strip holder, a flat tubular body adapted to receivearecord strip and having a portion of one piece cut away to exhibit asection of a strip, lugs attached to said body, an extension disposed atan angle to said body for mounting the holder upon a support in aninclined position, said body, lugs'and extension being orin'ed 'from asingle piece of sheet material, the said extension being bent back uponthe body to form a pocket, and reels mounted in the lugs and controllingthe movement 'of the record strip through the body, one 'of saidreelsbeing mountedwithin the pocket foi-'ined by the body and extension. i

ln testimony Whereofl aflix my signature.

ELBRIDGE' PALMER BURNHAM.

